Valkyrie was checking her phone the next morning in the small kitchen area. No one knew where Vendetta was and that meant that no one was there to keep her from causing trouble. If that happened and the English Sanctuary found out she was working for them they would all be hunted down and arrested.
Skulduggery and Ghastly were talking off to the side. Dusk seemed slightly agitated and Ray-Roy was pacing. Shoe was trying to get him to calm down. Scratch and Jack had gone out to the roof tops to see if they could find her. Sanguine appeared to be deep in thought.
"Where do you think she went?" Skulduggery finally said to Dusk.
Dusk shook his head. "I wouldn't know where to start. She doesn't tell me this sort of thing at all. Or anything personal."
"Great," Skulduggery muttered.
"Do you have any idea?" Ghastly asked hopefully.
Dusk thought for a good full minute. "She would probably stay low so we should probably look in the quieter areas. I don't know what her whole idea about leaving is about, she's a professional. She doesn't just leave a job without a good reason."
"Do you think she was captured?" Valkyrie asked.
"I pity the people who did if that is true."
Valkyrie raised an eyebrow at that.
"Do you think she went after Wreck herself?" Ray-Roy asked suddenly.
Everyone went quiet and looked at each other.
"I think that's pretty likely," Valkyrie said, suddenly remembering everything after they first went to go after the man.
"Why do you say that?" Skulduggery asked.
"Because," Valkyrie said looking at him. "Vendetta… changed that night we first went after Wreck. I think it has something to do with that thing he said to Dusk when they were fighting."
"Better get out while you can," Dusk said.
"Yeah. She seemed different after that. She became incredibly focused on this."
"Maybe she has a history with Wreck?" Sanguine said.
"Possible," Dusk agreed. "I don't know what she got into between the time I last saw her and when she came back seven years ago. But knowing her, it wasn't good."
Ghastly frowned. "Do you think Wreck did something to her and she lost track of him but now that he's back….."
Skulduggery turned his hat at a slightly different angle. "I've been down the revenge road before," he said. "And, since I'm sure you all know, it didn't end well. The first time, I was killed and turned into a living skeleton. The second time worked out very well however, but still. If Vendetta's motive for going solo is revenge, there is a good chance Wreck knows she's coming and has a plan for her."
"So what are you suggesting we do?" Ray-Roy asked.
"I suggest," Skulduggery said. "We attack Wreck's headquarters immediately and, hopefully, stop something very bad from happening."
"Okay," Valkyrie nodded. "I'm cool with that. I finally get to punch someone and punching people is always fun."
…..
Blood. That was the first thing they saw when they walked through the front door of Wreck's headquarters. Valkyrie saw the first body a few feet away from the doorway, slumped against the wall with a massive slit through his neck. Dusk nodded a confirmation that it was definitely Vendetta and they continued on.
There seemed to be a dead body every few feet. Some were in worse shape than others. Valkyrie was starting to feel noxious. They finally reached a door that was completely kicked down. Valkyrie took one look in the room then sprinted to the nearest window and threw up.
When she finished, she wiped her mouth and walked back over. Taking a deep breath, she stepped inside. Blood was everywhere. It dripped down the walls, collecting in a pool of blood around the mangled body of Adam Wreck.
"Ah," Skulduggery said. "Well, it looks like Vendetta's little scheme for revenge went a little better than mine."
"Man," Ray-Roy said. "This is some of the best work I've ever seen."
"Agreed," Sanguine said.
"How do you think she got the blood all the way over there?"
"Maybe she somehow got him at just the right angle?"
"Or she put more force behind the blow?"
"Hard to say."
"Where do you think she went now?" Skulduggery asked Dusk.
Dusk shrugged. "Maybe she's heading back to the apartment. Maybe she's disappeared. She does that a lot. Leaves without warning and doesn't come back for years."
"Maybe she's dead?" Shoe's voice was hopeful.
"I highly doubt that," Dusk glared. "She doesn't exactly go down easy."
"I can definitely see that," Skulduggery nodded. He straightened up from where he had been kneeling by the body.
"So what do we do now?" Valkyrie asked. "I mean, Vendetta has just killed our one big suspect."
Skulduggery thought for a moment. "Head back to apartment. If she isn't there, we'll call Ravel and see if he or anyone else has heard from her."
"And if no one has?"
"Then we'll continue the case and find where Ode is. This is crucial to keeping the Sanctuaries from going to war and we can't let anything distract us."
A small mini backstory to explain some stuff will be coming up in a few chapters, hope you all liked this chapter and please review! :)